Advanced manufacturing and supply chain management
Transforming how we design, build & deploy innovative products—with precision, speed & flexibility—understanding the operations of complex, global supply chains
AI, autonomy, and robotics
Leading edge research spanning human-robot interactions and intelligent sensing platforms to unmanned vehicles and AI-enabled cybersecurity threat response.
Computing and cybersecurity
Developing new high-performance, edge and quantum computing architectures; increasing data security and privacy; and protecting critical cyber-infrastructure.
Energy, environment, and water
Developing renewable energy systems, combating climate change, ensuring clean water sources—sustainability is a foundational thread in the fabric of our college
Healthcare and biomedicine
Developing new biomaterials, biosensors, instrumentation, diagnostics, therapeutics, and digital health systems for safer, more equitable healthcare delivery.
Materials and nanotechnology
From nanoelectronics to structural beams, we design & create novel materials at multiple scales for application in IT, healthcare, energy, and the environment.
Pervasive sensing and communications
Leveraging the electromagnetic spectrum for sensing a wide-range of phenomena—biological to atmospheric—& for next generation multimedia communications networks
Smart communities and infrastructure
Designing and building the next generation of interconnected smart communities that are safe, resilient, sustainable and inclusive.